Hey folks, the University of Washington Naval Reserve Officer Training Command (ROTC) will collect new unwrapped toys, cash and checks (made out to ‘Toys for Tots’) for tonight’s game against the Clippers and Friday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
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The NBA announced Monday that Kevin Durant has been named NBA Western Conference Rookie of Month for November, after averaging 20.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists, including a 35-point game Friday against the Indiana Pacers.
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Scratch out the losses to Orlando and Memphis, this was by far the Sonics’ worst effort of the season. They never started to try tonight, they gave up easy layups, open 3-pointers and never bothered to play help defense or rebound.
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A fire ignited inside the scoreboard at KeyArena during the first quarter of Sunday’s game, causing a delay. An arena official noticed the flame near the jumbotron and informed team officials, who then told NBA security, who then informed the game officials during a timeout with seven minutes left in the first period.
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The Sonics had a solid day of practice Saturday but will not go small to face the speedy Warriors. Sonics coach P.J. Carlesimo called November “a joke” not because of the team’s 3-14 record, but because they were limited to five practices, where they conducted 23 in October.
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Well this was a good win for the Sonics to get because spirits were mighty low around Furtado Center. Once in a while, even struggling teams have to feel like their hard work is paying off and Friday it did. The Sonics beat a team they should have beaten. The Pacers shot 36 percent, missed 19 3-pointers, got a combined 10-for-33 from the field from Danny Granger and Mike Dunleavy and Jermaine O’Neal was limited with a sore knee and stinger in his shoulder.
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Before Friday’s game P.J. Carlesimo confirmed what he said at Friday’s shoot-around, that center Robert Swift will miss at least the next month to recover from knee tendinitis and plantar fasciitis.
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Seattle played like it was in the second game of a back-to-back. The Sonics sleptwalked through the first 2 1/2 quarters and it seemed like they had no practice or shoot-around to prepare for Dwight Howard. They didn’t and it’s becoming even more embarrasing that 35-year-old Kurt Thomas is the team’s best interior defender when the organization drafted cornerstone centers for three straight years.
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